- Rear Admiral Volant Vashon Ballard CB
- Vice-Admiral Samuel James Ballard
- Lt-General John Archibald Ballard CB LLD RE He also has two sons in the military, one of whom became an Admiral and the other a Brigadier-General.
- Edward George Ballard Writer
- John Ballard MD Whose line produced a succesion of clergymen.
- William Ballard Coiner who was twice convicted at the Old Bailey.
- Stephen Ballard Noted Canal & Railway Engineer.
- Philip Ballard Murdered by James Jones and Alfred Scandrett in 1887.
- Robert Ballard Prominent Railway Engineer in Australia.
- Thomas Ballard Mayor of Arundel, Sussex c1646
- William Ballard One of the original Bow Street Runners.
- Sarah Ballard Mother of Dame Ellen Terry, Great Grandmother of Sir John Gielgud